Czech asylum for Tymoshenko’s husband not to hurt relations with Ukraine

The political asylum the Czech authorities last week granted to the husband of the jailed Ukrainian leader Yulia Tymoshenko will not hurt relations between the two countries, according to an aide to the Ukrainian president. Hana Hermanova, an advisor to Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych, told a local TV station that the asylum presented no international problem for Ukraine, and relations between Prague and Kiev will remain friendly, adding the Ukrainian authorities were planning no retaliation for the move.

Author: Jan Richter